Studio Daniel Libeskind has been named winner of the master plan competition for the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. The new large-scale district features a cluster of residential, office and retail neighborhoods in an extensive urban park along the Han River... View full entry
To follow up with the ThyssenKrupp competition news posted earlier today, Bustler has published a number of the entries that went unrecognized by the jury. You be the judge View full entry
Imagine using the region's rooftops to help save rare Kentucky plants that are being wiped out by development. That's one potential outcome of a study begun this week at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Bullitt County. Courier-Journal View full entry
VAUBAN, Germany - Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. Read entire article here. View full entry
Which one would you rather live in? This or that. Would she be segregated in her own building? Stable(izing) Brooklyn. Informal architecture(s) of post-colonial Miami.. From heaven or hell? Utako is unhappy with his box. Halifax isn't pretentious... View full entry
The A/N blog reports. Abbs.com.cn (Chinese language) | Translated | A/N View full entry
New York Times rips apart Santiago Calatrava's tamed t-hub at the WTC and calls it 'hollow at its core.' NYT View full entry
GSD employs robotic contractor to build double wall: On the Bri(n)ck View full entry
"Tata, the Indian company that made worldwide headlines with its $2,000 Nano car, now plans to build 1,000 tiny apartments outside Mumbai that will sell for $7,800 to $13,400 each. The company plans to roll out low-cost projects outside other major cities." Businessweek View full entry
"...the new concrete composite can bend into a U-shape without breaking. When strained, the material forms hairline cracks, which auto-seal after a few days of light rain." NatGeo View full entry
Gregory, at Ball State University, is proud to announce that his school is going geothermal. More green schools, please! Nick, at UC Berkeley, finds out that as long as the thesis is to be something loved or hated, it is probably a good thesis. Erin, at University of Washington, shows us another... View full entry
Maya Lin's “Storm King Wavefield” is a different kind of work. Neither fatalistic nor utopian, commemorative nor history-free, natural nor artificial, unstable nor fixed, it is a puzzle to ponder but also — first things last — a soul-soothing place of retreat. NYT View full entry
Ecotect Mitchell Joachim (Terreform 1) goes mano a mano with the man himself, the O'Reilly simulation, Stephen Colbert. 11:30PM EST. View full entry
Richard Neutra's Cyclorama at the Gettysburg National Military Park is slated for demolition. Has the park done enough to save it? read more View full entry
The place to be in the coming week? Try New York, Ljubljana, Seattle, Stockholm, Santa Monica, San Luis Obispo, The Netherlands, Pomona, San Diego, Philadelphia, Oakland, Brooklyn, or Los Angeles. To view the full list of this upcoming week's events, take the jump...Thursday May 07 New York... View full entry
